Daily Archives: November 30, 2023

Movie Review: Hot young Turks and a fantasy marriage? “In Your Dreams”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roger Moore

“In Your Dreams” is a shiny but drab Turkish romantic fantasy about two people who “dream” they wake up married, have a child and lives together, and spend much of their time together trying to figure out how this mystery … Continue reading →

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Next screening? It’s back to the Holocaust for “The Zone of Interest”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roger Moore

Just another portrait of a German family, carrying on with life and work as World War II and “The Final Solution” roil around them. But this is the family of Rudolf Höss, and he and his know that the “solution” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Rita Moreno flings Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms into a “Family Switch”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roger Moore

Simmer down, now. This derivative, dumb and ditzy body switch comedy that ups the “Freaky Friday,” “13 Going on 30” and “18 Again” ante by serving up a whole “Family Switch” is harmless. No, it’s not the least bit original. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Homeless, parentless siblings remember “How I Learned to Fly”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roger Moore

In light of the mockery of “Black Trauma Porn” in “American Fiction,” it’s hard to see the Simon Steuri drama “How I Learned to Fly” as anything but that. A downbeat story of two parentless, soon-to-be homeless siblings struggling to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Memoir of a Movie (TV mostly) Mensch, “Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond”

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roger Moore

Multiple generations celebrated Henry Winkler’s late life Emmy Award for his performance as a bad actor turned bad acting teacher in Bill Hader’s hitman dramedy “Barry” on HBO. The guy had been a short, strutting TV icon in the ’70s, … Continue reading →

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